Sandra Oh

Sandra Oh

Sandra Miju Oh OC (born July 20, 1971) is a Canadian and American actress. She is known for her starring roles as Rita Wu in the HBO comedy series Arliss (1996–2002), Dr. Cristina Yang in the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy (2005–2014), and Eve Polastri in the BBC America spy thriller series Killing Eve (2018–2022). She has received one Primetime Emmy Award from fourteen nominations, two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2019, Time magazine named Oh one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Oh first gained recognition for her roles in the Canadian films Double Happiness (1994) and The Diary of Evelyn Lau (1994), where she won Genie Awards for both films. Her later television credits include Judging Amy and American Crime, as well as voice roles on American Dad!, American Dragon: Jake Long, The Proud Family, Phineas and Ferb, Chop Socky Chooks, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, and Invincible. In 2021, she played the lead role in the Netflix comedy-drama series The Chair. She was also one of the executive producers of the series.  She has had notable leading performances in films such as Last Night (1998), Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity (2002), Wilby Wonderful (2004), Catfight (2016), Meditation Park (2017), and Quiz Lady (2023). She has also taken supporting roles in Bean (1997), The Princess Diaries (2001), Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), Sideways (2004), Hard Candy (2005), Rabbit Hole (2010), and Tammy (2014). She voiced roles in the animated films Mulan II (2004), Over the Moon (2020), Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) and Turning Red (2022). She hosted the 28th Genie Awards in 2008. She became the first woman of Asian descent to host the Golden Globe Awards at the 76th ceremony in 2019. In March 2019, she became the first Asian-Canadian woman to host Saturday Night Live. She was the third actress of Asian descent to do so, after Lucy Liu in 2000 and Awkwafina in 2018. She was also the first actress of Asian descent to be nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and the first woman of Asian descent to win two Golden Globes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sandra Oh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Birthday
    20 July 1971
Hard Candy
Hard Candy
6.817
Under the Tuscan Sun
Under the Tuscan Sun
6.883
Sorry, Haters
Sorry, Haters
5.7
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
5.4
Cake
Cake
4.787
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
6.429
Mulan II
Mulan II
6.506
The Night Listener
The Night Listener
5.5
Rabbit Hole
Rabbit Hole
6.7
Sideways
Sideways
7.108
The Princess Diaries
The Princess Diaries
6.967
Defendor
Defendor
6.406
Rick
Rick
4.882
The Red Violin
The Red Violin
7.357
Double Happiness
Double Happiness
6.6
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead
6.108
Wilby Wonderful
Wilby Wonderful
5.7
Last Night
Last Night
6.659
8 Minutes to Love
0
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
6.8
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
6.897
Barrier Device
Barrier Device
6
Break a Leg
Break a Leg
3.357
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
6.7
Tammy
Tammy
5.341
Blindness
Blindness
6.516
Can I Get a Witness?
Can I Get a Witness?
6.313
Full Frontal
Full Frontal
4.628
Little Criminals
Little Criminals
7.31
Good Fortune
Good Fortune
0
Smurfs
Smurfs
6.216
Big Fat Liar
Big Fat Liar
5.862
For Your Consideration
For Your Consideration
5.768
The People Speak
The People Speak
7.2
The Scarecrow
0
Window Horses
Window Horses
6.647
Catfight
Catfight
5.533
Ramona and Beezus
Ramona and Beezus
6.532
Guinevere
Guinevere
5.9
Permanent Midnight
Permanent Midnight
5.9
Meditation Park
Meditation Park
6.5
Prey
Prey
8
The Diary of Evelyn Lau
4.5
3 Needles
3 Needles
6
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
5
This Changes Everything
This Changes Everything
6.2
The Land Before Time: The Wisdom of Friends
The Land Before Time: The Wisdom of Friends
6.1
Women Who Act
Women Who Act
0
Daughter of Shanghai
Daughter of Shanghai
10
Over the Moon
Over the Moon
7.199
Bean
Bean
6.468
Umma
Umma
5.344
The Tiger's Apprentice
The Tiger's Apprentice
7.33
Quiz Lady
Quiz Lady
6.741
Raya and the Last Dragon
Raya and the Last Dragon
7.829
Stationery
Stationery
4
Turning Red
Turning Red
7.341
The Same Storm
The Same Storm
8
There's Someone There
There's Someone There
0
Sandra Oh, Inspiration
Sandra Oh, Inspiration
0
Owning Mahowny
Owning Mahowny
6.7